"iZombie's" Major Lilywhite is in grave danger.

As the social worker ex-fiance of the show's lead character, actor Robert Buckley has no clue that Liv joined the ranks of the living dead when zombies attacked a boat party she was attending. Nor did Major fathom that hungry zombies were killing innocent people for their brains. However, when a few kids from his counseling center inexplicably disappeared, Major's investigation led to him being captured by evil zombie Blaine, who will stop at nothing to obtain brains for his burgeoning zombie food delivery business.

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With Major closer than ever to discovering zombies truly exist, along with and Liv's big secret, the question is, will Buckley's Major survive to see Season 2?

Ahead of tonight's "iZombie" finale, Buckley spoke with CBR News about Major's dire circumstances. We also touched upon his zombie rival Julien, his character's admittedly wacky name, and whether he feels Major can ever truly accept Liv's undead state.

CBR News: The teaser for tonight's finale shows Major in a deep freezer. How dire are his set of circumstances at this point?

Robert Buckley: It's rough. For the whole season, poor Major -- can the guy catch a break? It's been one ass-kicking after another. If he's not getting beaten up with fists, it's being beaten up by Mother Nature.

We see him in that freezer, and Major is not doing so well. Blaine is so twisted that he's gone so far as to research how long the human body can go before freezing and the person dies. He's literally going to tell Major, "By the way, I did a little homework and I figured out just how cold I can get you just before I kill you."

Major previously loaded up with guns and a grenade. In what ways will that heavy artillery finally come in handy?

Let's put it this way. There's no such thing as a one-sided great fight. For a fight to be great, there has to be moments when you don't know who is going to win. "It looks like Rocky has got him. Nope. Apollo has got him." Major is not going down without a fight. If you think about all that he has been through -- the death of his kids and the merciless beat-downs that he's taken and being told he's crazy -- he's kind of lost everything and arguably his mind as well. There's a lot of anger coming out of him, so are the bad guys safe from his wrath? I think it's safe to say, "Hell no!"

No doubt Major will get an eyeful of the walking dead and Liv in full zombie mode. How does he process everything that's thrown at him?

To answer that question, I'd have to give away what he discovers in that finale. The day I read the finale, I was absolutely beside myself. The writers did such a good job of crafting a story that is exciting throughout. It doesn't stop. People have said, "Episode 11 was great. Episode 12 was great." Honestly, if you enjoyed those, that was the calm before the storm. That was tame. Everyone gets thrown into the mix. No one is safe. It doesn't stop. The last frame of the episode, you're like, "No, wait. Come on." Then it ends in a way where you're like, "Oh, boy. Thank God there's a second season."

The name "Major Lilywhite" sounds like something out of "Magic Mike." What was your initial reaction to your character's name and is it something that still gets joked about?

Yes, routinely. It's funny you mention it. When I had my first conversation with Rob Thomas, right out of the gate one of the first five questions I asked him was, "Okay, the name Major Lilywhite. How married to it are you?" His answer was a quick, "Very." I was like, "Oh, okay. Great. Sure." Then I found out later on that it actually had a significant amount of backstory to it. Rob played collegiate football. One of his favorite players had the last name Lilywhite. Diane Ruggiero, our other executive producer, had a crush on a young man in high school whose first name was Major. That's how we got Major Lilywhite, the Frankenstein love child of Diane's high school crush and one of Rob's favorite collegiate football players.

Major suffers a bit from Lois Lane Syndrome. Even though Liv has gone through an extreme transformation, Major can't see what is right in front of him. How did you rationalize that?

As a third-party observer, it's insanely obvious and almost absurd that you're not seeing this. "Really? You're not seeing this? No one is noticing what's happening?" The way I made sense of it was two-fold. What Liv went through the night of that boat party was so traumatic, and so horrific, that I would buy any sort of drastic change in behavior. It's almost like you want to distance yourself from the traumatic experience, so you cut your hair and move. It could be that.

But, deeper than that, when you really love someone, they become your blindspot. They can become your weakness. Oftentimes, people's downfalls will be their spouse. It's the last person they would ever suspect because they trust them and don't look at them with the same level of scrutiny as a friend or an acquaintance. On some level, Major probably didn't want to ask too many questions. He still very much loves her and has shown that with a ridiculous amount of patience. I'm pretty sure there are monks who are like, "Holy crap. That guy has got that whole patience thing down." What it comes down to is, he can't relate to what she went through. Therefore, he can't tell her how to respond. He doesn't know. That would be very arrogant and bold.

How important was it for Major to have a life outside of Liv and her zombie shenanigans?

The very first question I asked when the initial conversation began about me joining on the show, I had said, "Would it be possible to set up a phone conversation with Rob Thomas?" I was familiar with Rob, but I didn't quite understand exactly how much he had done and what a talent he was. Within five minutes of being on the phone, I immediately knew he was a guy I wanted to work with.

For starters, my first question was, "Look, with all due respect, I want to understand how Major is going to fit into this. If he's sort of there to be a purse and exist to solely show up in one or two scenes an episode, to remind audiences he's still there and express his love for Liv, that's not very fun as an audience member because it's the same thing over and over." He was quick to assure me that, "Oh, no, no, no. He absolutely has his own world. In fact, you are going to start off like that, but are going to very quickly begin your adventure and quest." I loved hearing that, and as we've seen, that has been the case. Major no longer serves as, "Oh, I'm here to bring you flowers." Or, "Liv -- oh, my God. There's a shirtless British guy here."

If Blaine is Liv's arch-nemesis, what does that make Major and Julien Dupont?

I think it's safe not to say BFFs. I feel a nemesis has to have a lot of history. I think he is the guy on Major's list of people I want to kick the shit out of and put behind bars. Julien safely tops that list.